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The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of CJD.
The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has concluded that the risk of vCJD cases arising from the use of UK plasma for the manufacture of immunoglobulin medicinal products would be negligible.
Lay summary Human blood and, in particular, plasma derived from human…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has undertaken a further review of the safety of albumins manufactured from UK plasma with respect to vCJD.
Executive summary In 1999, a ban was introduced in the UK on the use of…
What the government is doing to protect animals and prevent animal disease outbreaks so that disease doesn't enter the food chain.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A study by Sir Robert Francis QC that looks at options for a framework for compensation for the victims of the infected blood tragedy.
Routine reports, and commentary, on data from health protection surveillance schemes.
How to spot BSE, what to do if you suspect it, measures you must take to prevent it and when you must have cattle tested.…
Statistics and reports on the disease surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in Great Britain.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
The NHSBT and UKHSA surveillance programme is a series of national schemes that monitors infection in blood, tissue and organ donors, and transfusion recipients.
The NHSBT / PHE epidemiology unit, and the epidemiology of infections among blood, tissue and organ donors and recipients.
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
A to Z on content relating to infectious diseases.
Guidance on the main diseases that affect cattle, disease prevention and legal controls in place to protect cattle health.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Update to end of December 2022 on enhanced surveillance of potentially iatrogenic CJD exposures -- occasional reports related to human prion disease surveys.
How to spot scrapie, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
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